The Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi, ca. 1598 - 1618

burin engraving, paper
182 x 220 mm
Inv. 2014-LZ-21

Jacques de Bie

Antwerp 1581 - ca. 1637 - 1647
engravers (printmakers)

Maerten de Vos

Antwerp 1532 - Antwerp 1603
after

Joannes Galle

Antwerp 1600 - Antwerp 1676
publisher

print room religious symbolism figures (representations)New Testament Christ 16th century 17th century

Public Domain

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Christ shows his divine being to saints Peter, James the Greater and John. He is surrounded by heavenly rays. Moses and Elijah appear beside him (Matthew 17:1-13). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.